TekkieDave
Technical User
I'm looking to build on my existing Hyper-V environment by adding 2 hosts in a HA cluster, and a SAN backend. I really don't have too much data presently, perhaps 1.3-1.5TB, so storage space isn't a huge issue, but I want to future proof myself as well.
I started looking into netapp, then began a lengthy discussion with my dell reps.
The two specs I have for my SAN are:
Equallogic PS4000E
Dual Controllers
16 x 7.2k 250Gb SATA drives - 4.0 TB total, minus 2 disks for hot spares, and after RAID 50 overhead - about 2.7TB
VS
PowerVault MD3220i
Dual Controllers
24 x 10k 300Gb SAS Drives - about 6.6TB
or
24 x 15k 146Gb SAS Drives - about 2.9TB
I know that the Equallogic has much more advanced software, with application aware snapshots and DR Replication capability.
What I'm worried about is that my gut is telling me that 24 10k/15k SAS drives is going to be a lot faster that 16 7.2k SATA drives.
Does anyone have experience with both the powervault and equallogic, and can tell me which would be faster, with these configurations?
Also, the Powervault is like $10k cheaper, which is also a factor.
I started looking into netapp, then began a lengthy discussion with my dell reps.
The two specs I have for my SAN are:
Equallogic PS4000E
Dual Controllers
16 x 7.2k 250Gb SATA drives - 4.0 TB total, minus 2 disks for hot spares, and after RAID 50 overhead - about 2.7TB
VS
PowerVault MD3220i
Dual Controllers
24 x 10k 300Gb SAS Drives - about 6.6TB
or
24 x 15k 146Gb SAS Drives - about 2.9TB
I know that the Equallogic has much more advanced software, with application aware snapshots and DR Replication capability.
What I'm worried about is that my gut is telling me that 24 10k/15k SAS drives is going to be a lot faster that 16 7.2k SATA drives.
Does anyone have experience with both the powervault and equallogic, and can tell me which would be faster, with these configurations?
Also, the Powervault is like $10k cheaper, which is also a factor.